it feels like every single new android release comes with google removing old permissions or forcing apps to jump through extra steps just to do basic tasks. seeing that android 18 is completely blocking apps from using direct contact write permissions is just the latest example.

what is a classic open android feature or system permission that google locked down or completely ruined over the years under the excuse of privacy?

Bilibili link, Chinese only. Tldr: apple mogs, Xiaomi and mediatek great showings, Qualcomm shat the bed. I think the samsung using exynos rumors seem much more likely to be true now.

【旗舰手机芯片大横评：苹果高通发哥玄戒谁最强？-哔哩哔哩】 https://b23.tv/J4GJYI7

What spurred this question was, it now requires me to unlock my phone just to add something to a stupid Google Keep grocery list. But this isn't a support request -- I just wonder if there is anyone out there going, Wow, what a great upgrade! Or is the general sense that it is LESS capable?

jfc